09 September 2007

Cruise Ship

Friends arrived yesterday on a cruise ship. Their ship, Seabourne Legend, is the smaller one at the end and takes only 208 passengers. The monster boat in the foreground is called 7 Seas Navigator and has facilities for 490 guests. This is the first time I've visited the digue (floating dock) - security is tough - I had to pass two sets of police to collect my friends but at the same time they were really friendly.

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The police saw me taking the photographs and there wasn't a problem. Not so different from meeting someone at an airport or train, I suppose and it was obvious I was meeting friends as they watched us load up the car with their luggage.

I would have liked to walk way down and photograph the smaller ship but they wanted me to move my car.

Goodness Radman! I realised the smaller ship was small but the other one seemed massive. Especially standing underneath it. The mind boggles therefore at the same of a normal cruise ship. Thanks for pointing it out.

Jilly, we're leaving for a cruise on Tuesday, and our ship holds 1700 passengers. . . . It's considered small by today's standards! The last three we've been on have held between 2900 and 3200 passengers, and there is one being built that will hold 5000+ passengers!

I'm very surprised you were permitted near the ships. In the Caribbean, you can't get near the docks without official documentation, and to get that close to the ships, you have to either be crew or passenger.